2051 A Space Oddity
Gas-like mist rolls over the gritty dunes
and strange shaped, granite like rocks
Multi coloured clouds form like plumes
of smoke spreading across the eerie plain
Periods of extreme quiet give way to what
would seem like peels of distant thunder
accompanied by a gentle surface tremor
As if playing out a sinister rhythmic sequence
Noticeable though, the feeling of observation
Surveillance? scrutinisation? close attention?
We could be fooled into thinking this way
Desolation and isolation playing its part
A project spanning many years
Yet to yield more than just samples
for transporting back to our own planet
in the space shuttle laboratory storage
We can’t help wondering what happened here
Evidence seems to suggest something catastrophic, seismic, anything living now gone
Perhaps our space scientists are correct?
This planet named Earth all but perished
in the climate change disaster of 2051
Rick Varden 2019
<Deleted User> (18980)
Thu 19th Dec 2019 16:26
Hate it when people move the goalposts!